I’m a bit slow off the mark this week but I do want to report this: Lord Justice Wall has been widely reported as criticising social workers for being “arrogant and enthusiastic removers of children from their parents”. It doesn’t look as if he will be a wallflower of a President, does it? . In [...]
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Social Workers: Arrogant and Enthusiastic Removers of Vegetarians?
Posted in stuff, tagged care, family courts, family justice system, legal aid on April 18, 2010 | 3 Comments »
CAFCASS Given Funding Boost
Posted in stuff, tagged CAFCASS, family justice system, legal aid, public funding on December 7, 2009 | 8 Comments »
The Times reports on p 23 this morning that Cafcass has been given an extra £1.6m to help with the backlog in care cases.
Another Fine Mess
Posted in stuff, tagged access to justice, family justice system, family legal aid, legal aid, public funding on October 19, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Yesterday I took a breather between lever arch files to chat with colleagues about the new fee regime that we will be paid under from next October. Some of the fees are clearly better than now, largely care work. For that I suspect we have the furore arising from the Baby P scandal to thank. [...]
One Last Sip…
Posted in stuff, tagged access to justice, family law, graduated fee, legal aid, public funding on July 29, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I need a drink. Look away if you don’t want to hear me whine with self pity. On 4 August the demise of the SIP (Special Issue Payment), which just about makes the Graduated Fee Scheme worth doing, becomes a reality. The changes have only just been confirmed: in essence some SIPs are abolished altogether, [...]
Lord Bach To The Drawing Board
Posted in stuff, tagged access to justice, family justice system, family law, legal aid, public funding on July 21, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Lord Bach, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Ministry of Justice, yesterday made a written statement to the House in respect of the proposed cuts to family legal aid advocacy fees, in which he said: Since the formal consultation ended, the Legal Services Commission has had a substantial amount of constructive engagement with stakeholders. They have provided a [...]
Special Irritation Payments
Posted in stuff, tagged legal aid, public funding on July 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Oh. Joy. Another claim refused by the LSC on the basis of an incorrect ‘interpretation’ of the regulations as to what can be claimed under Graduated Fees. Now I shall have to spend time submitting my application for review to remind the LSC what its own regulations say. This game is not funny any more and [...]
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